Didn't mean to imply England was a third world country. I said England or some third world country. The word "or" is the key here. It indicates that the item coming before the word is not the same as the item after the word. What I was trying to say is that this country is not a monarchy where things are named for the reigning monarch. > Two things, first England isn't a third world country and second there is > no airport or anything in England named after any politician! > > Peter > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | damiross2@comcast| > | | .net | > | | Sent by: The | > | | Airline List | > | | <AIRLINE@LISTSERV| > | | .CUNY.EDU> | > | | | > | | | > | | 01/21/2004 03:09 | > | | PM | > | | Please respond to| > | | The Airline List;| > | | Please respond to| > | | damiross2 | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------| > | > | > | To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > | > | cc: > | > | Subject: Re: Airport names > | > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------| > > > > > And in any case, an airport SHOULD NEVER BE named after a living person. I > think Ronald Regan was the best president ever yet I was against name DCA > after him. > > Same thing for IAH - this isn't England or some third world nation where > things are named after living politicians. > > With that said, let's not get into a debate over the virtues (or lack > thereof) of various politicians. > > David R > > One of the main gateways to the US after a beloved president, > > > > Do you mean George Bush Int'l Airport in Houston or John F. Kennedy Int'l > > Airport in New York? > > Smile and regards, > > JCK > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your > high-speed > > experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 > > > > > *******************Internet Email Confidentiality Footer******************* > The contents of this e-mail message (including any attachments hereto) are > confidential to and are intended to be conveyed for the use of the > recipient to whom it is addressed only. If you receive this transmission in > error, please notify the sender of this immediately and delete the message > from your system. Any distribution, reproduction or use of this message by > someone other than recipient is not authorized and may be unlawful.